1فتنبأ النبيان حجي النبي وزكريا ابن عدّو لليهود الذين في يهوذا واورشليم باسم اله اسرائيل عليهم.
1Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem; in the name of the God of Israel they prophesied to them.
2حينئذ قام زربابل بن شألتئيل ويشوع بن يوصاداق وشرعا ببنيان بيت الله الذي في اورشليم ومعهما انبياء الله يساعدونهما.
2Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build God’s house which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.
3في ذلك الزمان جاء اليهم تتناي والي عبر النهر وشتر بوزناي ورفقاؤهما وقالوا لهم هكذا. من أمركم ان تبنوا هذا البيت وتكملوا هذا السور.
3At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”
4حينئذ اخبرناهم على هذا المنوال ما هي اسماء الرجال الذين يبنون هذا البناء.
4Then we told them in this way, what the names of the men were who were making this building.
5وكانت على شيوخ اليهود عين الههم فلم يوقفوهم حتى وصل الأمر الى داريوس وحينئذ جاوبوا برسالة عن هذا.
5But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them cease, until the matter should come to Darius, and then answer should be returned by letter concerning it.
6صورة الرسالة التي ارسلها تتناي والي عبر النهر وشتر بوزناي ورفقاؤهما الافرسكيين الذين في عبر النهر الى داريوس الملك.
6The copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who were beyond the River, sent to Darius the king;
7ارسلوا اليه رسالة وكان مكتوبا فيها هكذا لداريوس الملك كل سلام.
7they sent a letter to him, in which was written thus: To Darius the king, all peace.
8ليكن معلوما لدى الملك اننا ذهبنا الى بلاد يهوذا الى بيت الاله العظيم واذا به يبنى بحجارة عظيمة ويوضع خشب في الحيطان وهذا العمل يعمل بسرعة وينجح في ايديهم.
8Be it known to the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls; and this work goes on with diligence and prospers in their hands.
9حينئذ سألنا اولئك الشيوخ وقلنا لهم هكذا. من أمركم ببناء هذا البيت وتكميل هذه الاسوار.
9Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”
10وسألناهم ايضا عن اسمائهم لنعلمك وكتبنا اسماء الرجال رؤوسهم.
10We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at their head.
11وبمثل هذا الجواب جاوبوا قائلين نحن عبيد اله السماء والارض ونبني هذا البيت الذي بني قبل هذه السنين الكثيرة وقد بناه ملك عظيم لاسرائيل واكمله
11Thus they returned us answer, saying, “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.
12ولكن بعد ان اسخط آباؤنا اله السماء دفعهم ليد نبوخذناصّر ملك بابل الكلداني الذي هدم هذا البيت وسبى الشعب الى بابل.
12But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
13على انه في السنة الاولى لكورش ملك بابل اصدر كورش الملك أمرا ببناء بيت الله هذا.
13But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.
14حتى ان آنية بيت الله هذا التي من ذهب وفضة التي اخرجها نبوخذناصّر من الهيكل الذي في اورشليم واتى بها الى الهيكل الذي في بابل اخرجها كورش الملك من الهيكل الذي في بابل وأعطيت لواحد اسمه شيشبصّر الذي جعله واليا.
14The gold and silver vessels also of God’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought into the temple of Babylon, those Cyrus the king took out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
15وقال له خذ هذه الآنية واذهب واحملها الى الهيكل الذي في اورشليم وليبن بيت الله في مكانه.
15and he said to him, ‘Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let God’s house be built in its place.’
16حينئذ جاء شيشبصّر هذا ووضع اساس بيت الله الذي في اورشليم ومن ذلك الوقت الى الآن يبنى ولمّا يكمل.
16Then the same Sheshbazzar came, and laid the foundations of God’s house which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now has it been in building, and yet it is not completed.
17والآن اذا حسن عند الملك فليفتش في بيت خزائن الملك الذي هو هناك في بابل هل كان قد صدر أمر من كورش الملك ببناء بيت الله هذا في اورشليم وليرسل الملك الينا مراده في ذلك
17Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.”